Your First Glimpse of a Lion

Insider’s Take

As your vehicle rolls across the plains, you eagerly scan the horizon for movement. You’re playing the role of tracker, giddy at the possibilities that await you. Just then, your driver hits the brakes and points.

There, in the shade of a nearby bramble: Lions. The male is lounging languidly, his chin resting on a log—he is regal, even as he parts his deadly jaws to yawn.

The lioness sits beside him, the sleekness of her tawny frame not belying her muscular heft and menacing potential.

Unfazed by your presence, the lions simply lay there, mere feet away. Transfixed, you lift your camera to shoot the lioness. She looks straight at you: a quintessential safari moment frozen in time. These are your first lions… though definitely not your last.

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The Micato Grand Safari

​The Ultimate in Luxury Travel

East Africa’s legendary savannahs: Amboseli, Maasai Mara and the Serengeti, combined with its most exclusive resorts. This is a quintessential safari experience that is unabashedly indulgent.

15 Days from $19,550 per person
Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania

The Hemingway Wing Safari

​Explore Old Africa in Style

​This classic safari takes us from the dramatic northern frontier of Kenya’s Samburu Reserve, across the Maasai Mara-Serengeti to the epic Ngorongoro Crater and Hemingway’s favourite, Lake Manyara in Tanzania.

14 Days from $15,150 per person
Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania